This breathless e-mail just in from the Multnomah County Democrats:
Voter turnout in Multnomah County began strong, but on Friday it took a downturn. For the first time in days, the number of ballots returned dropped below the level from 2002. As of today we're running 6% -- 10,000 votes -- behind 2002. Oregon needs you now.
It does indeed. Better get my ballot turned in -- but I'm afraid its contents would disappoint the Multnomah County Democrats.
I was thinking it would be good to vote against the GOP this year because they've botched everything and engaged in so much corruption. But the Saddam Hussein death sentence changes everything. This must mean we've won the war in Iraq. As soon as I finish discharging my AK-47 into the neighborhood in celebration, I'm going to go get me a replacement ballot.
I'm in the mood for a tax cut myself. It's working so well at the national level; we should be doing the same in Oregon. Government already gets too much money. The illegals are getting it all.
I agree, lets all vote for M48 and get this state back where we were when spending was under control (or at least more so). And M41 is not a tax cut, it just allows you to deduct the full amount of your Oregon State Tax, rather than just $3K worth. But, hey, if you want to call it a tax cut, more power to ya, bro! I mean, you da tax prof, eh?
I never thought I see the day that Jack joined the conservative side, but I guess too much of Kulo, and anything can happen.
Some nitwit was quoted in the paper the other day saying we were on track for a 71% turnout. That's enough to make even the conscientious put their stamps away.
If the constitution can be used to place a maximum lid based on funny stats then I suppose the constitution could also be used to mandate spending at no less than the rate of growth of the money supply. The POOR might just as well support 48, obtain a judicial ruling that supports the tactic, then swing a bat at Dick Armey and his funny logic with a follow-up initiative based on the level of expansion of the money supply (which is a slightly less funny stat). I might support it, so long as the Democrats cave on taxing as ordinary income all monetary expansion induced asset price hyper-inflation; and in the same year within which one has the option to claim an asset price loss even without selling the asset.
Charamba, Douro 2008
Horse Heaven Hills, Cabernet 2010
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills Pinot Grigio 2011
Avignonesi, Montepulciano 2004
Lorelle, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2011
Villa Antinori, Toscana 2007
Mercedes Eguren, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Lorelle, Columbia Valley Cabernet 2011
Purple Moon, Merlot 2011
Purple Moon, Chardonnnay 2011
Abacela, Vintner's Blend No. 12
Opula Red Blend 2010
Liberte, Pinot Noir 2010
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Indian Wells Red Blend 2010
Woodbridge, Chardonnay 2011
King Estate, Pinot Noir 2011
Famille Perrin, Cotes du Rhone Villages 2010
Columbia Crest, Les Chevaux Red 2010
14 Hands, Hot to Trot White Blend
Familia Bianchi, Malbec 2009
Terrapin Cellars, Pinot Gris 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2009
Campo Viejo, Rioja, Termpranillo 2010
Ravenswood, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2010
Waterbrook, Reserve Merlot 2009
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills, Pinot Grigio 2011
Tarantas, Rose
Chateau Lajarre, Bordeaux 2009
La Vielle Ferme, Rose 2011
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio 2011
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir 2009
Lello, Douro Tinto 2009
Quinson Fils, Cotes de Provence Rose 2011
Anindor, Pinot Gris 2010
Buenas Ondas, Syrah Rose 2010
Les Fiefs d'Anglars, Malbec 2009
14 Hands, Pinot Gris 2011
Conundrum 2012
Condes de Albarei, Albariño 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2007
Penelope Sanchez, Garnacha Syrah 2010
Canoe Ridge, Merlot 2007
Atalaya do Mar, Godello 2010
Vega Montan, Mencia
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir, Marlborough 2009
Portuga, Rose 2011
Revelation, Chardonnay, Pays d'Oc 2010
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 2005
Monte Alto, Tinto Reserva 2005
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Cabernet, Indian Wells 2009
Espiral, Vinho Rose
Vin-Koru, Pinot Gris 2011
14 Hands, Hot to Trot Red 2009
Rodney Strong, Cabernet, Sonoma 2009
Abacela, Vintner's Blend #11
Portuga, White 2010
La Bourgeoisie, Red 2009
Januik, Red 2009
Three Rivers, River's Red 2008
Kirkland, Alexander Valley Merlot 2008
Muga, Rioja Rose 2010
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
The Occasional Book
Hope Larson - A Wrinkle in Time, the Graphic Novel
Rudyard Kipling - Kim
Peter Ames Carlin - Bruce
Fran Cannon Slayton - When the Whistle Blows
Neil Young - Waging Heavy Peace
Mark Bego - Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (2012 ed.)
Jenny Lawson - Let's Pretend This Never Happened
J.D. Salinger - Franny and Zooey
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
Timothy Egan - The Big Burn
Deborah Eisenberg - Transactions in a Foreign Currency
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Slaughterhouse Five
Kathryn Lance - Pandora's Genes
Cheryl Strayed - Wild
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt
Road Work
Miles run year to date: 32
At this date last year: 66
Total run in 2012: 129
In 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269
Comments (19)
Ah but Governor Starrett would be AWESOME.
Posted by Chris Snethen | November 6, 2006 3:49 PM
Stay dry and don't waste your time. The pollsters have done your work for you--your one vote won't change a single outcome.
Posted by Garage Wine | November 6, 2006 4:39 PM
I was thinking it would be good to vote against the GOP this year because they've botched everything and engaged in so much corruption. But the Saddam Hussein death sentence changes everything. This must mean we've won the war in Iraq. As soon as I finish discharging my AK-47 into the neighborhood in celebration, I'm going to go get me a replacement ballot.
Posted by Herk | November 6, 2006 4:59 PM
I'm in the mood for a tax cut myself. It's working so well at the national level; we should be doing the same in Oregon. Government already gets too much money. The illegals are getting it all.
Posted by Jack Bog | November 6, 2006 5:02 PM
Cool!!! Right on, dudes!!!
I agree, lets all vote for M48 and get this state back where we were when spending was under control (or at least more so). And M41 is not a tax cut, it just allows you to deduct the full amount of your Oregon State Tax, rather than just $3K worth. But, hey, if you want to call it a tax cut, more power to ya, bro! I mean, you da tax prof, eh?
I never thought I see the day that Jack joined the conservative side, but I guess too much of Kulo, and anything can happen.
Posted by Larry | November 6, 2006 5:11 PM
Tax cuts are great when combined with sound fiscal policy. It's the spending, stupid. Now there's a gem of a campaign tagline.
Posted by Crackpot | November 6, 2006 5:20 PM
I'm afraid its contents would disappoint the Multnomah County Democrats.
Careful. Kari might break your kneecaps on the way.
Posted by Tasteless Tattler | November 6, 2006 5:26 PM
My little AK-47 is all the "government" I need.
Posted by Herk | November 6, 2006 5:27 PM
My little AK-47 is all the "government" I need.
See your AK with my M-16. Raise you with my B-2. :-)
Posted by Mike T. | November 6, 2006 5:37 PM
Measure 48 would kill the pending stadium expansion for my beloved OSU Beavers. My love of the Beavs outweighs my anti-tax instincts.
Did everyone write in Charles Hendersen?
Posted by butch | November 6, 2006 6:23 PM
The ballot box at my local library branch this afternoon was pretty full.
Posted by Jack Bog | November 6, 2006 6:33 PM
Some nitwit was quoted in the paper the other day saying we were on track for a 71% turnout. That's enough to make even the conscientious put their stamps away.
Posted by Allan L. | November 6, 2006 6:52 PM
With the four ballots that we got for our now household of two, maybe we can help out the voter turnout numbers. Thanks Secretary of State Bradbury.
Posted by lw | November 6, 2006 9:19 PM
Purple Fingers are a must, if in our government we are to trust!
Posted by Abe | November 6, 2006 9:24 PM
Actually, since that email, we got the mid-day matchback - and all looks well.
Posted by Kari Chisholm | November 6, 2006 9:27 PM
If the constitution can be used to place a maximum lid based on funny stats then I suppose the constitution could also be used to mandate spending at no less than the rate of growth of the money supply. The POOR might just as well support 48, obtain a judicial ruling that supports the tactic, then swing a bat at Dick Armey and his funny logic with a follow-up initiative based on the level of expansion of the money supply (which is a slightly less funny stat). I might support it, so long as the Democrats cave on taxing as ordinary income all monetary expansion induced asset price hyper-inflation; and in the same year within which one has the option to claim an asset price loss even without selling the asset.
Figure it out Kari, or go ask Alice.
Posted by ron ledbury | November 7, 2006 12:03 AM
At least Daniel Ortega won.... Vote Sandinista!
Posted by Bark Munster | November 7, 2006 8:27 AM
See your AK with my M-16. Raise you with my B-2. :-)
You mean, "Raze you with my B-2."\
:)
Posted by Don Smith | November 7, 2006 9:24 AM
Whoa, Herk and Mike T... don't get out the ruler to measure your 'guns' now.
Posted by TKrueg | November 7, 2006 9:53 AM